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Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 13:45 by Denis Chabrol Government early Tuesday morning used its one-seat majority to pass amendments to the Representation of the People Act that would, among other things see the availability of election results in 24 hours for the first time, despite opposition calls for the law to be sent to a bipartisan select ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2022, 19:47 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of a request for parliamentary approval of an additional GY$1 billion for the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO), opposition Shadow Finance Minister Volda Lawrence on Monday cast doubt on that loss-making entity’s budget process as it has already chalked up GY$12 billion in operational expenditure up ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2022, 18:39 by Denis Chabrol Government on Monday said it is pumping a GY$15.6 billion subsidy into the supply of electricity on the coastland as well as several interior towns and districts. Public Works Minister II Deodat Indar said Guyana Power and Light (GPL), which supplies electricity to the Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice coastal ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 December 2022, 22:13 by Denis Chabrol Prominent Roman Catholic priest in Guyana , Father Malcolm Rodrigues S.J. passed away on Sunday evening at the St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, multiple sources in the church confirmed He was 81 years old. Monsignor Terrence Montrose remembered Fr Rodrigues as someone who made an indelible mark in Guyana’s political, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 December 2022, 9:26 by Denis Chabrol Sheriff Security Service was robbed of a GY$500,000 payroll while guards at Guyana Shorebase Inc (GYSBI), Houston, East Bank Demerara were being paid, police said. The robbery was committed at about 6:20 PM Saturday by two males who arrived on the scene on  motorcycles. Police said  the incident was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 3 December 2022, 12:58 by Denis Chabrol The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G)- the country’s privately-run coordinating mechanism for the United Nations Decade for People African Descent- wants the High Court to order the immediate payment. Att0rney-at-Law Nigel Hughes told reporters on Friday that the High Court has asked the Court ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 3 December 2022, 0:26 by Denis Chabrol The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday asked the High Court to block the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from using the existing voters list for the March 13 Local Government Elections on the grounds that it was extracted from the list for general and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 December 2022, 20:11 by Denis Chabrol Hess C0rporation, one of the co-venturers in the prolific Stabroek Block, on Friday inked deal with government to buy US$750 million in carbon credits from Guyana, which would see Indigenous Indian communities getting a portion of the funds, officials said. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo announced that from US$28 million ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 December 2022, 11:19 by Denis Chabrol Hess Corporation and the Government of Guyana on Friday announced an agreement for Hess to purchase high quality carbon credits for a minimum of US$750 million between 2022 and 2032 directly from the Government of Guyana. The company says this agreement will serve to support Guyana’s efforts to protect ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 December 2022, 6:12 by Denis Chabrol Guyana will sign its first sale agreement on carbon credits on Friday, December 2. President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali will witness the signing at the Baridi Benab, State House. Speaking at the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber’s Annual Awards and Induction Ceremonial Dinner on Wednesday, Vice President Dr ...